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***Motors Chat Thread Round 3***

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    #7742
    CianRyan
    Registered Users Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    I've been outcast :(

    Lonely up there?


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    #7743
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    I have a quistion for ye, okay so, on the yaris yesturday as I waxed it. I noticed that a part of the wheel arch the paint is gone spotty if ye know what I mean. Now, could I fix this with wax or polish, or am I better spray it? I will upload a pic tomorrow... :) Oh just to add, I used Tcut on it. But it made no difference at all....


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    #7744
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Lonely up there?

    Yep :(


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    #7745
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users Posts: 9,238 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    I've been outcast :(

    I'd rather have your car and be the loneliest loner :)


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    #7746
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    I have a quistion for ye, okay so, on the yaris yesturday as I waxed it. I noticed that a part of the wheel arch the paint is gone spotty if ye know what I mean. Now, could I fix this with wax or polish, or am I better spray it? I will upload a pic tomorrow... :) Oh just to add, I used Tcut on it. But it made no difference at all....

    By spotty do you mean there's black spots on it or the paint itself is gone spotty? It sounds to me as though that area was resprayed but the surface was wet before it was sprayed. That can make paint go spotty.


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    #7747
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    By spotty do you mean there's black spots on it or the paint itself is gone spotty? It sounds to me as though that area was resprayed but the surface was wet before it was sprayed. That can make paint go spotty.

    The paint itself is spotty. I never seen it happen before.


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    #7748
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    The paint itself is spotty. I never seen it happen before.

    Probably rust coming through.


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    #7749
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    Probably rust coming through.

    Ah sh*t. :(

    Anyway cheers for help lads.


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    #7750
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    A fitting end to a sh*tty week. My new shotgun is broke :(

    Why f*cking me.....


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    #7751
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,456 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    I have a quistion for ye, okay so, on the yaris yesturday as I waxed it. I noticed that a part of the wheel arch the paint is gone spotty if ye know what I mean. Now, could I fix this with wax or polish, or am I better spray it? I will upload a pic tomorrow... :) Oh just to add, I used Tcut on it. But it made no difference at all....

    Post apicture, from what I remember the car is about 4 different shades of gold so it was definately resprayed badly.
    Are the spots the same colour as the car?


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    #7752
    ba_barabus
    Registered Users Posts: 9,616 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    dgt wrote: »
    A fitting end to a sh*tty week. My new shotgun is broke :(

    Why f*cking me.....

    Could be worse. History is repeating itself in my motoring world


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    #7753
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Post apicture, from what I remember the car is about 4 different shades of gold so it was definately resprayed badly.
    Are the spots the same colour as the car?

    I wont be able to post a pic until tomorrow, but I will have a pic up early enough. Ya, the said seller said it was in a bit of a tip, in the snow during 2009 - 2010. but with a 1999 car bought for 800 euro, i suppose these things are to be expected... Thanks colm. :)

    Edit: ya the spots are the original gold shade, but faded around the spots. If you get me.


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    #7754
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Well, to lighten my day and hopefully yours.....

    Trotters, quite a nuisance. However.... Near Ashbourne on the Swords road, one motorist flashed at us to slow down. Speed van up here? Nope, horse and trotter. So we slowed down, then stopped. To which the horse went bananas, started galloping around in circles and fired the rather overweight tracksuit wearing gentleman off the cart and onto the ground on his big fat arse. He got up with a fat face as red as my car and another gentleman of the same build got out of a land cruiser to fire the cart off the horse like trousers in a rage of passion. He began to swear at the horse in a rather bizzare accent and gestured angrilly at everyone to move on.

    A woman walking saw the whole thing and was laughing her head off. I had tears with the laughing.... As did a few other drivers that saw what happened :p

    I'm probably a horrible bastard for laughing at it all but hey, it's cheered me up :D


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    #7755
    Matt Simis
    Registered Users Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    OSI wrote: »
    Had the GTI up on a lift yesterday for the lolz to get a gander underneath. Expected a disaster show, and yet the car looks near new underneath. Looks like I'll need to take off the front breaks at some point in the future though as there's a bit of a groove showing on the inside of one of the disks.

    Why would you expect as disaster show on a car so new and (presumably) Irish originally too!?


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    #7756
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    I wont be able to post a pic until tomorrow, but I will have a pic up early enough. Ya, the said it was in a bit of a tip, in the snow during 2009 - 2010. but with a 1999 car bought for 800 euro, i suppose these things are to be expected... Thanks colm. :)

    Economical too! :pac:


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    #7757
    Dr.Rieux
    Registered Users Posts: 674 ✭✭✭Dr.Rieux


    I got called into work today :( huge offices and not a soul around. On the way down I overtook a Renault Fluence swerving pretty at the start of the M4. A 5 series gave up waiting for him to move back left at 100kph and went up the inside, and ended up 2 wheels in the hard shoulder as the Fluence put two wheels in the inside lane.


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    #7758
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    My mums new yaris was keyed today :mad: the mark is about 5cm long and very deep, it goes down to the metal. So pissed off.


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    #7759
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    ba_barabus wrote: »
    Could be worse. History is repeating itself in my motoring world

    What happened?


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    #7760
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,456 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    My mums new yaris was keyed today :mad: the mark is about 5cm long and very deep, it goes down to the metal. So pissed off.

    That sucks :( I'd say it was diesel fanbois.

    Seriously though, who'd do that to a new yaris?


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    #7761
    ba_barabus
    Registered Users Posts: 9,616 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    Limerick man wrote: »
    What happened?
    Nothing confirmed yet but its started rattling on start up and is down on power when pulling off.

    There is a clear knock audible on tick over. All pointing to a chain which has slipped a cog.

    Few other things went on to again which point to the above.

    Oh well.


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    #7762
    Matt Simis
    Registered Users Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Matt Simis


    OSI wrote: »
    I don't go honestly know.

    I'm always apprehensive about getting a good look at the car. But although the car is only 4 and a bit years old, it does have 130,000km on it, and I'd expect to see at least some evidence as such. But the underside literally looked like I'd just power washed it.

    One thing I will say for German (other than Merc) cars made in the last 10years vs within the last 20 is that they did a way way better of rust proofing the underside than previously, with paint, metal choice and proper fitted plastic covering.

    130k km in under 5years is good going though! :cool:


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    #7763
    Chris_Heilong
    Registered Users Posts: 4,974 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    UPC are increasing my broadband speed to 150Mb by the end of May.


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    #7764
    CianRyan
    Registered Users Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Chris_Heilong wrote: »
    UPC are increasing my broadband speed to 150Mb by the end of May.

    Sweet, I'm only 50 now, wouldn't mind an extra 100mb. :eek:


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    #7765
    challengemaster
    Registered Users Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Bpmull wrote: »
    I noticed this morning diesel has come down a good bit I paid 1.469 in a branded place which is low for Kilkenny anyway.

    Seems down an awful lot in some places. 141.9 in Ballina


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    #7766
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    challengemaster wrote: »
    Seems down an awful lot in some places. 141.9 in Ballina

    And here I was thinking I got great value with 146.9 at Tadgh Riordans.... :(


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    #7767
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    challengemaster wrote: »
    Seems down an awful lot in some places. 141.9 in Ballina

    1.469 is the cheapest I could see in Kilkenny city I'm sure if you went out to urlingford you would get it a good bit less but thats a long way out of the city. Probably 30km from my house.


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    #7768
    166man
    Registered Users Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    ba_barabus wrote: »
    Nothing confirmed yet but its started rattling on start up and is down on power when pulling off.

    There is a clear knock audible on tick over. All pointing to a chain which has slipped a cog.

    Few other things went on to again which point to the above.

    Oh well.

    You might as well have an Alfa at this stage....:D


    No seriously sorry to hear of car trouble, and @Alan, I hate reading of that sort of stuff, so unnecessary so unprovoked just mindless vandalism by some scum bag trying to impress his mates..:mad:


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    #7769
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    ba_barabus wrote: »
    Nothing confirmed yet but its started rattling on start up and is down on power when pulling off.

    There is a clear knock audible on tick over. All pointing to a chain which has slipped a cog.

    Few other things went on to again which point to the above.

    Oh well.

    That on the Beemer? Not fun.


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    #7770
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Limerick man wrote: »
    That on the Beemer? Not fun.

    He doesn't ride a bike. ;)


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    #7771
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    He doesn't ride a bike. ;)

    Bleh, Bimmer.


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